beyond pain

In the oftentimes lonesome world of distance running, there are a few genuine iconic events that make all the hard tempo runs, speed sessions and long weekend runs worthwhile. The New York City Marathon is one of them. Renaud Herington and I had the pleasure and privilege of participating in this year’s edition with over 50,000 other participants from around the world, including over 1000 Aussies. The Start It is a schlep from Upper West Side in Manhattan to the […]

Winner Killian jornet 12h 35m, Jonathan Worswick 266th in 21h 15m! What happened? How could I take nearly twice as long as the winner when normally I am only a few hours behind? Well in a few words, even though I knew this was going to be tough I still underestimated the event. This turned out to be one of the toughest races I have ever done, and that comparison includes 100 milers like Hard Rock and UTMB. The race […]